Zack Greer Explained

Position:Attack
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:190
Nll Team:Las Vegas Desert Dogs
Former Nll Teams:Minnesota Swarm
Saskatchewan Rush
Colorado Mammoth
San Diego Seals
Former Mll Teams:Long Island Lizards
Denver Outlaws
Dallas Rattlers
Birth Date:February 12, 1986
Birth Place:Whitby, ON, CAN
Nll Draft:3rd overall
Nll Draft Year:2009
Nll Draft Team:Minnesota Swarm
Career Start:2009
Ncaa Team:Duke
Bryant
Class:2009
Mll Draft:3rd overall
Mll Draft Year:2009
Mll Draft Team:Long Island Lizards

Zack Greer (born February 12, 1986, in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Las Vegas Desert Dogs of the National Lacrosse League. Greer attended high school at All Saints Catholic Secondary School in Whitby, and grew up playing box lacrosse. Greer's brother, Bill, plays for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League. Greer's cousin Shawn Thornton played in the National Hockey League for 14 seasons from 2002 to 2017.

Junior career

Greer played junior box lacrosse with the Whitby Warriors of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 2003, he was awarded the "Joey Nieuwendyk Award" for Rookie of the Year. He was also awarded the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P in 2004.[1]

College career

Duke University

In 2007, Zack Greer and his teammate Matt Danowski led the Duke Blue Devils high powered attack to the 2007 NCAA Final Four. Duke faced Johns Hopkins University in the final, only to lose after mounting a strong comeback at the end of the game.[2] In 2008, Greer led Division I in goals scored, helping to lead Duke to the Final Four once again. However, Duke fell short, losing to Johns Hopkins in the semi-finals.

Greer was a four-time All-American including two times on the first team at Duke. Following the 2008 season, Greer was awarded the Jack Turnbull Award given to the USILA Attackman of the year.[3]

Resulting from "unusual circumstance," the NCAA granted 33 Duke Lacrosse players, including Greer, a rare fifth year of eligibility. This was granted to many players of the Duke lacrosse team because their season was cancelled in 2006 in mid-season because of the Duke University lacrosse team scandal[4]

Bryant University

Greer used his fifth year of eligibility to pursue a graduate business degree at Bryant University in the fall of 2008 where he played under former Duke head coach, Mike Pressler. In 2009, Bryant University, a former Division II school, played Division I college lacrosse for the first time. At the end of Bryant's 2009 NCAA Division 1 Season, Greer netted 42 Goals and 26 Assists combining for 68 points. Since Bryant was transitioning to Division I that season, Greer's statistics for 2009 do not count toward official NCAA Division I records.[5]

MLL career

The Long Island Lizards selected Greer with the third pick overall in the 2009 MLL draft.[6]

The Long Island Lizards traded Greer in the 2012-2013 offseason to the Denver Outlaws in exchange for Midfielder Collin Briggs.[7]

Greer won a MLL championship with the Denver Outlaws in 2014. Greer was selected by the Rattlers in the fifth round (42nd overall) of the 2018 MLL Supplemental Draft. As of June 18, 2018, he has yet to play a game with them. http://www.dallasrattlers.com

NLL

On September 9, 2009, Greer was drafted 3rd overall in the 2009 NLL entry draft by the Minnesota Swarm.[8] Greer finished his rookie season with 10 goals and 23 points.

Statistics

NLL

Reference:[9]

NCAA

    
Season TeamGP G A Pts PPG
2005 Duke20 57 15 72 3.60
2006 Duke8 17 7 24 3.13
2007 Duke20 67 27 94 4.70
2008 Duke19 65 30 95 5.00
2009 Bryant15 42 26 68 4.65
Totals 82 248 (a) 105 353 (b) 4.25

(a) 1st in NCAA Men's Division I Career Goals (Greer's career goals of 248 are not officially recognized in the NCAA record books, because Greer was granted a fifth season of eligibility and Bryant was considered a reclassifying institution that season. The NCAA lists Greer's career goals record as 206 goals)

(b) 5th in NCAA Men's Division I Career Points (Greer's career points mark of 353 points is not officially recognized in the NCAA record books, because Greer was granted a fifth season of eligibility and Bryant was considered a reclassifying institution that season. The NCAA lists Greer's official career points as 285 which ranks 17th)

OLA

  Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001 7 4 3 7 01 0 0 0 0
2002 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 6 2 1 3 25 2 5 7 0
2003 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 13 21 18 39 89 9 11 20 10
2004 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 20 35 41 76 2320 37 31 68 13
2005 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 4 8 4 12 46 4 14 18 7
2006 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 6 1110 21 1956713 6
2007 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 11 11 17 28 1310 8 22 30 30
2007 2 1 2 3 2-- -- -- -- --
2008 Brooklin Redmen MSL 1 00 0 00000 0
Junior A Totals6792941866956669015666
Senior A Totals3123200000

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O.L.A. JUNIOR A TROPHY WINNERS. wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  2. Web site: Johns Hopkins 12, Duke 11 . 2007-07-18. NCAA Sports.com.
  3. Web site: USILA announces major award winners . Burns . Sean . May 28, 2008 . InsideLacrosse.com . 2008-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080529003208/http://blogs.insidelacrosse.com/2008/05/26/usila-announces-major-award-winners/ . 2008-05-29 . dead .
  4. Web site: NCAA to allow Duke players to reclaim lost season. 2007-05-31. ESPN.com.
  5. Web site: Former Duke star Zack Greer to attend Bryant. https://archive.today/20130126074451/http://insidelacrosse.com/blog/2008/08/11/former-duke-star-zack-greer-attend-bryant. dead. January 26, 2013. Kessenich. Quint . August 11, 2008. Inside Lacrosse. 2008-08-12.
  6. Web site: GREER SELECTED THIRD OVERALL IN 2009 MLL DRAFT. May 28, 2009. bryantbulldogs.com. 2009-05-28.
  7. Web site: Lizards Land Briggs, Trade Greer to Outlaws. Oct 5, 2012. insidelacrosse.com. 2013-05-11.
  8. Web site: Minnesota Swarm Select Zack Greer Third Overall. September 10, 2009. oursportscentral.com. 2009-09-10.
  9. Web site: Player National Lacrosse League. March 9, 2020. NLL.com.